Clod-crusher and land-smoother.



w G. HUNTER. GLOD ORUSHER AND LAND SMOOTHER. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 28,19 12.

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WILLIAM .G. HUNTER, or am, NORTH CAROLINA.

CLOD-CRUSHER AND LAND-SMOOTHEIR,

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Demo, 1912.

Application filed June 28, 1912. Serial No. 766,490.

' To all whom, it may concern: I v

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. I-IUN rnR, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Nebo, in' the county of McDowell and State of NorthCarolina, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clod-Crushers.and

- Land-Smoothers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved. clod crusher and land smoother adaptedfor use on plowed land for crushing-.clods and v smoothing the surfaceand also adapted for leveling corn stalks, pea vines and the like growthso as to cause the same to be readily plowed under, the inventionconsisting in the construction, combination and arrange ment of deviceshereinafter described and claimed.

. In the accompanying drawing :-'Figure 1 is aplan of a clod crusher andland smooth er constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of the same.

In accordance with my invention, I provide an evener bar 1, of suitabledimensions, to which,near its ends, are attached the ends of a draftchain 2, eye bolts 3 beiiig here shown to enable the draft-chain to beconnected to the evenerbar.

Atasuitable distance in rear of the evener bar is a spreader bar 4.Links 5 are con nected to the ends of the evener bar, on the rear. sidethereof by means of eye bolts 6. Links 7 are also connected to the rearside of the evener bar, at points intermediate its ends by eye bolts 8.A front drag chain 9 is connected at intermediate points to the links 7and is connected at its ends to. conne'cting chainsIO, the front ends ofthesaid connectin chains being attached to the links 5 and their rearends being connected to the spreader bar 4, at the ends of the latter,by means of hook bolts 11. Hence, the front drag chain is indirectlyconnected both at its ends and at intermediate points to the evener bar,the connecting chains 10 forming flexible connections between the evenerbar and the spreader bar and adapting the.

said bars to play vertically, independently I of each other andadaptthemselves to inequalities of the earths surface when the device isin use.

A rear drag chain 12 trails in rear of the spreader bar and is connectedat its end to the rear ends of the connecting chains 10. The front andrear drag chains are of suitable length and weight and, in practice, thecombined weight of these chains is usually about ninety or One hundredpounds.

When the'device is drawn over a plowed field, the ev'ener, and spreaderbars both bear directly on the surface and serve to smooth the samewhile the drag chains by their weight and flexibility serve to en' ageall portions of the surface/'andito e ectually break up the clods, thedevice also serving, when drawn over a stubble or fallow field to breakdown and level all stalks, as of corn, and also all vines and thelikeso'as to enable the same to be readily-turned under when plowed.

While I have. herein shown and described a preferred form of myinvention, I would have it understood that changes may be made in theform, proportion and construction of the severalparts without departingfrom the spirit of my inventionand within the scope of the I claim Theherein described clod crusher and land smoother comprising an evenerbar, a draft chain connected thereto near its ends, a spreader barlocated in rear of the .evener' bar, connectingchains between the endsof the evener and spreader bars, a front drag chain connected at itsends to the connecting chains and at intermediate portions of the rearside of the evener bar, and a1 rea drag chain trailed .in rear of thespreader bar connected'at'its ends to'the connecting chains. I

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM G. HUNTER.

appended claim.

Witnesses:

MrLLAm) C. Srcmon, J osnrn L. Pancn'rr.

